Piney's Power Rankings: Tottenham Hotspur, the Blues and Tom Walsh

Every Monday, Jason Pine ranks the best and worst sporting moments from the week that was - and everything in between.

This week, he talked about the ongoing Super Rugby season, the All Whites' prowess and Tom Walsh's victory.

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Speaker 1 (00:06):
You're listening to the Sports Talk podcast with Dancy Wildergrave
from News Talks Edbower Rankings.

Speaker 2 (00:20):
Yes, indeed, Monday Night means Pine's Power Rankings as we
rate the best, the worst and the in between.

Speaker 3 (00:26):
Bits from the Sporting Weekend. Let's go.

Speaker 2 (00:30):
Tottenham Hotspur football Club with one of the more inexplicable
decisions in recent memory. Breaking news to bring you that
anspostera Cooglu is going to be sacked by Tottenham Hotspur
as their head coach. This is the head coach who
guided them to this a couple of weeks ago.

Speaker 3 (00:48):
The waitress Silvar is over.

Speaker 2 (00:51):
The moment you been.

Speaker 3 (00:52):
Waiting for his here to.

Speaker 2 (00:56):
Wait your morotuinners. So just to check my notes, Spurs
have sacked the first manager to win them a trophy
in seventeen years.

Speaker 3 (01:06):
Utterly, utterly bizarre.

Speaker 2 (01:08):
Nine Quei Supercars driver Ryan Woods.

Speaker 4 (01:13):
An exhibitinating moment for the young guy.

Speaker 5 (01:15):
From Wellington in New Zealand just twenty one years of eight.

Speaker 2 (01:19):
Yeah, first ever Supercars race win for Ryan Wood at Perth.
Over the weekend, It's the All Whites an impressive one
nil win over Ivory Coast.

Speaker 4 (01:29):
Excellent went for New Zealand.

Speaker 3 (01:31):
That's the eighty sixth.

Speaker 5 (01:32):
Ranked team in world football, beating the forty first ranked
and the African champions.

Speaker 3 (01:39):
Elijah just scoring the only goal.

Speaker 2 (01:41):
The or Whites now faced Ukraine on Wednesday seven. Kimi
cyclist Ali Wallaston claiming her first victory at a major
stage race, winning the Tour of Britain. Ali Williston Haven't
taken third place on the stage, has sealed the deal
and goes home as the Lloyd's tor Written Women winner.
The two time Olympic medalist and double track world champion,

(02:02):
making up a three second deficit on the fourth and
final stage to win by four seconds overall six the
Crusaders who unfortunately for everybody else, are now the Crusaders again.

Speaker 6 (02:14):
And the Crusaders are through to the semifinals at their
all mighty hope playoff record remains.

Speaker 2 (02:23):
It does at thirty straight finals matches victories, and they
can now win Super Rugby without having to leave christ
Church save the Blues, defining the odds and staying alive
in Super Rugby.

Speaker 3 (02:36):
Why a try, Bear's gonna try?

Speaker 4 (02:39):
Just bears got it.

Speaker 6 (02:41):
The mengalap Re reaches out and dumps it down.

Speaker 3 (02:44):
All that victory and it's all over and the Blues
of one.

Speaker 2 (02:49):
A last gasp went over the Chiefs, keeping the Blues
title defense alive against all expectation. The epic French Open
Men's singles final Yarnick Sinner and Carlos al Karez one
for the ages.

Speaker 3 (03:05):
It's coming Kas fiftive fans his title role Garros FIFTI.

Speaker 2 (03:14):
Surely one of the greatest matches ever played on Philip Chatrier.
Alexander won the first two sets and el Karez won
the third and then had to save three match points
in the fourth before winning that and securing the final
set tiebreak ten to two. An absolutely extraordinary final. Free

(03:35):
Big Tom Walsh a Diamond League shot put champion.

Speaker 6 (03:38):
That's pretty good as well. Very close to twenty two
meters now, that would be as good as he's done.
All yeah, so far, pointing to the camera, say there
you go, Tom Walsh early on setting a mark here
twenty one point eight nine meters with his first throw,
enough to claim victory in Rome to the Warriors and

(03:59):
absolute she lacking of the Sharks on Saturday nights.

Speaker 4 (04:02):
It was all the Warriors tonight. They've left on the Sharks.
Henry Webster, he's going to thorough rent with the reins
in his hands this season.

Speaker 2 (04:15):
The Warriors are indeed the real deal in twenty twenty five,
but of course they're not number Who else could it
be but fantastic Ryan Fox.

Speaker 3 (04:28):
Back to three Wood all over it. Now we're at
talking what a beautiful shy.

Speaker 7 (04:41):
Two putts for a second PGA Tour win and he'll
take them. The fantastic mister Fox is the king of Canada.

Speaker 2 (04:55):
And number one on Piney's power rankings. Did you think
the Crusaders should have been higher than.

Speaker 3 (05:01):
Six any other week year, Piney?

Speaker 5 (05:05):
But you know there's quite a lot that was worthy
to go ahead of them. I just have a comment
to make on the Ciner al KaAZ thing. Do you
remember I think it was early twenty ten's where Murray, Djokovic,
Nadal Federer were pulling off marathon like finals one after
the other.

Speaker 3 (05:21):
Do you remember that time?

Speaker 5 (05:23):
I do, And then they're all starting to go and
we're worried, Oh no, what's going to happen till these
sorts of games? And now Cinner and al Kaath have
arrived and all is fine in the tennis world.

Speaker 3 (05:34):
Yes, it's pretty good. Eight, It is good and tennis
needs rivalries they do. And one final thing as well.

Speaker 5 (05:39):
I'd like to apologize to Ryan Wood and his family
for them being down at nine. Unfortunately, it's just one
of those everything was good power rankings.

Speaker 2 (05:47):
Indeed it was, but you might get higher in the
weeks and months ahead.

Speaker 3 (05:50):
Ryan Wood Party's Power rankings back next Mondays.

Speaker 1 (05:53):
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